In a big boost to the Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2017 Assembly polls, the ruling party won 23 of the 28 seats of UP Legislative Council Sunday where voting took place. Eight SP candidates were elected unopposed.

The BJP drew a blank. Of the remaining five seats, BSP got two and Congress one, while the rest two were bagged by Independents.

With this victory, the SP now has 58 members in the 100-member Legislative Council, thus gaining a majority in the House.